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• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2018 Transfer Decisions Are Now Live may the 4th be with you

  

  decision at apply.mitadmissions.org—the same site where you submitted your ... to MIT), I know that this process can be a difficult experience. For ... fine. Remember, college is mostly what you make of it, here or anywhere

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 4, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Back Why is it that breaks go by so quickly?

  

  I can't believe winter break is over. My time spent on vacation flew ... , another is implementing a project in the Philippines, and yet another is in ... where the last two weeks went - and getting excited about IAP :) As Jenny

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 3, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Right NOW Making Things

  

  that will differentiate you is how hard you work." I left feeling ... Toscanini's, where the ice cream is tasty and the electrical outlets are in ... to myself. There's endless work to do here, but the best work is done

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • May 2, 2013
• Blog / Classes

  Prof. Catherine D’Ignazio on Urban Science for Public Good

  

  ) where that is a central object of concern contemporaneous with the new ... and participation is a part of all of the classes, where we often work ... , Catherine D'Ignazio, is even a professor at MIT! Oh god I'm old.  Earlier

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 1, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final Forty-Five Still somehow worse than last term

  

  Add Date -- the last date on which you can add a class -- is this ... Engineering Design (12 credits) As you can imagine, this is that big class that ... Environmental Engineering. This is considered a reunion of sorts, as all the

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • February 28, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] MIT THINK Scholars – A High School Research Program! From one side of it to the other

  

  leads to an interesting place where a human is critically examining the ... other incredibly cool people :)). If you’re a high school student living in the US with a research or innovation idea, we encourage you to apply

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 31, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Memories My first two months at MIT, all wrapped up into one post.

  

  own experiences here at MIT, I remember what it's like to be where you are now. There’s just a few more days until the Early Action deadline ... Last Wednesday, somewhere between a biology test and a chemistry

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 28, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  busy semesters and how to manage them it's organizational structures all the way down

  

  future as well. As you can see, this is quite a bit of stuff, and this ... next day. This means that you can evaluate how bad a week is going by the ... look like: There are a few notable things about this. The first is

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • March 10, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  The long view days, months, years

  

  . You take a class, and it ends. The research project you're working on ... that. There's always more work. "In college, you have breaks. Spring ... when the breaks will come, when finals will come, when you can relax and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 27, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Happy Birthday to m—-suck. I turn 20 and cry tears of blood

  

  In case you haven't noticed, I'm blogging less frequently now. There ... entries is because I'm no longer a freshman, meaning all of my admissions knowledge and experience is now a year outdated. Why listen to me every other

  • by Snively '11
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Shakespeare Ensemble This ain't your AP English class's Shakespeare.

  

  . Essentially, the play is a framed narrative where Hugo, the idealistic assassin ... 't beat that.) Dirty Hands is, first and foremost, a political drama about ... , the audience delves deeper and deeper into Hugo's mind (which is not a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 23, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  Things got poopy in Beijing and edible.

  

  different country each time. - While I'm here, a few more interesting sights ... This past weekend, I went to dinner with a group of MIT and Johns ... other interns…as well the quirky side of Beijing. A few days ago, an

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 28, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  This was meant to be written a week and a half ago

  

  meant, and I have a Monday class at 9:30 in the morning, which is early by ... guess I can see their position, but I ask you, how were we going to ... there. Kind of like the Time Travelers' Convention, only less of a circus

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Y U NO HAVE ROLLERCOASTER this is why

  

  workarounds had to be made. There is still a structure that rolls and coasts ... -go-round is bigger and more solid than last year's.   There is a see-saw that ... , and you can be damn sure there's going to be an epic roller coaster next

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 27, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Ponderings of a lifeguard Why are white water rapids white?

  

  convinced that there's a cute guy who works at the library, because she can ... there's nothing in the water that is white, how does it suddenly turn ... week. Whenever I'm at a spot with any kind of cascading water (which is

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fall Adventures a day in rhode island, maine, and boston

  

  [annotation note="Apple Bake is a Burton Conner tradition where residents submit ... made a stop in New Hampshire to walk the Artists Bluff Trail, which is a ... local authors was giving a presentation about how busy life can become

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • November 6, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  oh, the crash and the burn

  

  COVID, but there is some sick part of me that is relieved that I have ... experience this past Thursday where I got yelled at so badly I had a panic ... [/annotation] making a CSS demo which is real neat in Javascript, HTML, and CSS. Sunday I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 26, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 3 is third time the charm??? questionable

  

  backup. Next fall is gonna be a wild, wild ride. You might be wondering ... 60 free t-shirts – ~50% complete. This is a wild and probably incorrect ... this is the first year that this sidequest actually has a number value

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  New Kid on the Blogs Claim your place. Make your mark. Live your dreams.

  

  just like you. I know this, because I've been there. Less than a year ... Let me start with a confession. Last year, if you had told me that I ... name's Paul Baranay, and I guess you can call me the new kid on the blogs

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 8, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 8 & Beyond

  

  process. This is a good thing for you, one more way that we make sure there ... Weekend. You might ask, so selection is over, why can't I have my decision? What happens now? Well, as you've read, there is randomness built into

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 26, 2005